Make Gingerbread Man Paper Cutouts
Making a gingerbread man paper cutout is a very easy craft, ideal for small children. You will need only a few supplies, which you most likely already have in your home or can purchase easily and inexpensively. Gingerbread men paper cutouts can be used for a variety of fun craft projects around the holidays. You might use them as stencils, make a gingerbread man chain for decorations, apply them to holiday cards, or incorporate them into many other decorative projects.
Instructions
1. Wash your cookie cutter if it has been used recently. A dirty cookie cutter can soil your paper, leaving grease and oil marks behind.
2. Lay the gingerbread cookie cutter on your piece of paper. Place the cookie cutter 1/8 inch away from the paper's edges so your gingerbread man cutout does not have any straight edges where his head, feet, or hands are going to be.
3. Trace along the outside of your gingerbread cookie cutter with your pencil. Start at the top (the head) and trace around using a fluid motion going clockwise. End at the top of the head once more.
4. Cut the gingerbread man out of the paper. Start at the foot and cut along the area you traced. If you want to make a reverse cutout, with the gingerbread man shape cut out of an intact piece of paper, fold the paper in half, and make a small snip in the middle of your gingerbread man. Open the paper and insert your scissors into the hole, cutting toward the outline of your gingerbread man. Cut along the inside line working clockwise.
